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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-22
CEIANCERY SALE
Oh
~ H. A Il ESTATE.

No. 10. R,-rhAncery Court Of Shah,
County ID. p. Anderson W. a. 7. Beau.
mont Of al.
10y virtue Of an intoriooutory deere. for
sac, gntsfod In the above cause 90 ne
9th dsy Of January, isSI. NJ. ~ ~, pAgs ~,
and renewed July 8. iSN. N. 10. IS, page ls'
lNill sell ~ public suction, 20 the hlghstt
bidder, In front of the tiofE and Match
once Al the Main street entfanos OF The
eogfthouse oi Shelby county, Memphis Tsa.
neasec, on
Saturday, Asgust q, 1877,
within legal hours, the followins ds,crib.a
gToportJ, to.uit A tract ot land situated In
SHABBY county, Tennessee, on the nth eide
n the and 2. n H., ~ miles east rom
Memphl. bounded on the east BY the land
conveyed By Charles W. Uoyer 10 fhonAS X.
Saith, on the uest by the lands Of ffanE
llicksI on the fouih By the faiiroa 4, and on
The north By the landf % Robert s0ore oon-
Z inins NJ acres. more Or lees. fnr further
de'criptlan g ierene. i made 10 book tSQI,
ptge $40, and b on ~, paso h5i Of the Rsfis,
teL's once u Shelby county
Terms Of hAlo-Ou a credit Of siH monthsr
note With security uqursdg lien rstAinedi
redemption barred, This Julv II, ISL,
4, mellow Eli, UlsfA and Master.
~ u. Y. Col.m an, Deputy q. and NJ.
John Johnston and H. II Milhoyta, aols
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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-22
saturday, August q. 1871,
CHANCERY SALE
OF-
R r. AL ESTAT T.,

No, ilD, H.-ChAncsry Court Of Shah,
County ", 4. Nuilally 81 al W. Ths
tlgfkt' 10 'ding and savings Asooi.ilon.
Ky virtue OF "a intofigcut0ry decree lJf
y , sale, entered In the above cause on ths
2ith day Of June, i,s7, NJ. n. IS, pags nj.
sell, Al public suction, 10 the hiRhos.
bidder, In ffoni Of the Clerk and Mater }
once, ~ the Maln street entrance Of he
Touttholts Of Shelby county, MsnphlI.
Tennouos, on
saturday, August q, 1887,
within legal hour, tho iolloutnE described
property, situated In the city Of Memphis,
Shelby county, Tsr postoo, to-uiti
a ltberinninE a'a p1iut on ths north side
o. WuhingiOn street 81 ~ 100 Get east Of The
nofihea corner u Warrington aud Drleant
street,, theaee east along the north line 0 4
Ma'hingt1n ,tfsst 20 ioot 10 the wegt line . 4
the sannOnsr lot thence north with the
vest line OF tho sanrohor loi $50 feet 70 a
point thence west aud parallel with Wash.
10 lntttogt ~ iost ~ q point, thence louth
80 81 U the beginning.
90 tsrp,o sals-Ca,h. Redemption barred.
This July u, 1857.
4, l. MCDOWELL, Clerk and Ma,let,
" u. y. Coleman, % Q aud NJ.
W H. IffNHVaf 4. NnIiHIN p
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": .2' Changer.


LOUISVILLE. July si.-SOOn-RivG .
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Tone. Rec. Prices. !

Receipts at ports. this day, 1881. .......... $40
Receipts at port, this day. 1850. ..... l,T57
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-28
Story of a Murder.
From the Harrisburg (Penn.) Telegram

From the Harrisburg PENN Telegraph.
"Some years ago. said the old attorney,
as he tilted back in his chair and put his feet
on the table to rest himself, there was a
murder trial in Harrisburg, and l was as
signed with another attorney to defend the
men on trial. They had killed an old farmer
"a most unprovoled and cruel murder,
from which they reaped no plunder-and
while we defended them to the best of our
ability the evidence was against us; they
were convicted and sentenced to De hanged.
Just before the execution one of the con-
demned men confessed the murder to me
and told me that while he was one of the
active participants, vet the awful job had
been put up by his condemned partner and
a man who was at large in the streets of
Harrisburg. He told how the fellow who
was not arrested had planned the murder,
arranged all the preliminaries, and then
sent him and his companion to do the crime.
Furthermore he told me that this same man
who got off the train late at night into
wagon ON pretense of taking him to the
place he was seeking and, instead of doing
so, took him across the canal bridge at
Market street, knocked him on the head,
robbed him, and then buried the body in
Cameron's woods, near the Poorbouse. He
gave the exact location of the burial, and
party of men made search, but could find no
buried body.
truth, yet think he was mistaken as to the
location of the burial. The men were hanged,
and in time forgotten One day | stood on
the back porch of my residence, when the
rear gate to the yard opened and there step
ped in the man who had planned the murder
for which my client was executed. He did
not see me, and he slouched up through the
yard, looking furdvely right and left, but
not ahead. As he neared the porch he look
ed up and his eyes met mine. He halted as
if paralyzed, and if ever a colored man
turned white that man did He grew ashy
pale, his limbs trembled, he did not say a
word. He turned face to the gate, hobbled
slowly down the yard, went out and closed
the gate and the scene ended. hadn't said a
word to him.
"Why did he do SO! The wretch knew
that the man who was hanged had told me
all about the murder, and my unexpected
appearance had made him completely
terror-stricken. Yes, the man is still
living. Let him live. There is here
after Have nght-your cigar has gone
out
There are more things etc, Horatio, etc.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-28
Struck a Pocket.
Fi,om re OreNana lfonthIN.


However it might be, the tiding of n
pocket struck at the southern border of the
canyon flew hither and thither with uneX-
plainahle celebrity; and about midday, when
as usual Mark should have been uuobserved
except perhaps by one OF two of his own
party, upon CHANGING to look up from the
bottom of his pit, he saw that quite a little
fringe of spectators had collected around the
edge of his claim and were intently observ-
ing his labors
Turning out trumps, is it?n said a SOL
emn, sallow-taced man, breaking the
silence. THE very place l thought OF dig
gmg in, myselt-only didn't"
Upon that, one or two others in substance
said the same thing. In fact it was aston
ishing to find how many men there were whq
had originally contemplated locating upon
that very 10 feet square of valiey-bed, buy
somehow had neglected to do SO, after al
Now with bitter regret and self-objurgatioa
they mourned over their i'll fortune; and 4
the present operation should turn out favOi-
ably, there was no doubt that each one If
them would thencsfolth treasure up tie
matter as an additional grievance, adding
it to Sllndry other instances wherein he in
agined that he had made hair-breadth IS
capes from atfluence
Meanwhile, as the news continued TO
spread still more widely, the little crowds of
spectators constantly increased, and the
place grew clamorous with criticism and
suggestion; almost at once broken in upon
by a cry of surprise as, at the bOttom of
the pit, Redfern was seen lifting up tobhe
light piece of nearly six ounces, just I'm
earthed by a fortunate stroke of the pic4
Upon this, tall, dark man, who hitler
to had not spoken, became aroused into ud-
den action and clambered hastily down into
the hole.
"You don't know me-" he said to Mark,
"but that does not matter Have only Just
come in from the Stanislaus There did a
good stroke of work, netting $4,000. Be-
fore that was at Mariposa, and there lost a
little. A good stroke of work | say =; but, to
tell the truth, don't work at all. | travel
around, and look where others are digging
and when | see what seems a good location,
l buy it up on speculation if / can, and hire
someone else to finish cleaning it out forme.
Sometimes | make and sometimes lose but
more often make, for l have pretty good
eye at bargain-Now then, how much viii
you sell out FORE
"How much will you give said Mark.
"For as I have not put the claim into the
market, take it that you should fix value
upon it yourself
Fright said the man. "Well then, will
5000 do it!'
Mark paused and pondered.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-28
HE APED THE PARsoN TO HIS FACE.
A Baptist Church Torn into Factions
by an Elocutionist's Joke.

From the Ne1U York Morning JOtuHGl.
PHILADELPHIA, April 22.-The congrega-
ton of the Spruce street Baptist church is
at daggers drawn The trouble had its
birth during a recent entertainment in aid
of the Sunday school library fund. 1t was
d musical and literary entertainment, and
one of the chief features was readings and
recitations by a certain Prof. McCucn, an
elocutionist.
The professor was warmly received, and
each effort was applauded 10 the echo. At
length he announced that he would depict
several styles of preachers.
He started off with what was considered
a capital representation of the Southern
negro parson, giving the dialect admirably
and delivering a short discourse that was IN
imitably funny
Then he essa we'd two or three other imita-
lions. each characteristic in its way, and
concluded with picture of the preacher
from the backwoods Of the wild West--the
preacher who lacks education, but who has
received what he believes TO be a call from
on high to go forth and preach the gospel,
and has gone and done his best When nc
announced this imitation there was furry
in the congregation. 1t at once struck the
memoirs of the church that the mimic was
about to strike near home.
The pastor, the Rev. Charles W. Thomas,
seems, is just the sort Of preacher the pro
f,y;sor described, man who depends more
on his apt and original SMILES, his terse,
hoinely expounding of the truth than upon
cole e training or deep learning.
He, too. came from the West, having for
merlv been, according 20 all reports, n
sturdy blacksmith, who was called from his
place at the anvil to point out the way OF
salvation.
When, therefore, the professor announced
his concluding character the congregation
took n long breath and waited cXpectnntly.
Their fears were realized. The imitation
Of their pastor was true 10 life; "A TIME e%-
aggcrated, perhaps, little biz carlcatured,
maybe, but tho salient features ~ the shep-
herd of this flock were all there. The re
production was perfect and as matter OF
couIre it was easily recognized.
Even Mr.. Thomas himself recognized 10.
He vas looking ia the mirror nt his own re
aexion. and he did not ike 1t. His face
grew crimson as the imitatOr proceeded,
AMI when at length the irreprcasibe portion
Of "a, auditors burst into a roar OF Laughter
the reverend gentleman could stand IL no
longer.
Boiling over with rage and Indignation he
arose from his place. gathered up MS over
coat and hat and left The church
There are those in The church member
shin who declare That the professors notion
wa NOT uleaut o. b. insulting, but ~hs
merely Intended ~ "a Joke ana should have
bssn taken IN good part by the phsiof'
while an0ther faction are up in arms, pro
nOunclng the Performance az lh very Dan
tisi,. ~ snV fhe icnaf NJ D.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-28
Grand Combination Sale Of The Following Desirable Goods:

st One lot of Fine handmade Torchon and Fancy Laces
worth all the way up from 15c to 25c, at the uni
form price of l0c
ID One lot of fine very wide Embroidery, regular price
from 40c up to 75c, at the uniform price of 25c
3D. One lot comprising twenty different styles Of handsome
Ladies Coored Border Handkerchief, six for 25c
4th One lot of Assorted Alpaca Silk and Satin Paraso at
&c. 49c CSC, 81 10 and 81 95
5th One lot of nice Co1se better sold anywhere at
SOC, at only 33c
9Th One lot Of very fine Coret they odd sizes of var
Gus qualities which have been selling at 75c., ST,
81 IS and 81 so we offer the entire lot at the uni
form price of SOC
It'll One combination lot of Fans ranging in value at l5c,
zoe, 25c, 35c. and &c., at the uniform price of &c.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-10-06
a GOOD BUSINESS.
Why Farmers Have No Good Cause to BE
Dissatisfied with Their Calling.

Why Farmers Have No Good Cause to Be
Dissatisfied with Their Calling.
Farming is a good business, when
made a business of. Idleness, igno-
rance and thoughtlessness never made
money in the clearinghouse, manu-
factory or store; they have never made
money on the farm. The same ele-
ments that bring success in the city
bring it in the country. The same
traits OF character are the foundation
stones of prosperity and happiness
everywhere. Farming does pay, when
it should pay; A knowledge that is
never satisfied with its own attainment;
an enterprise that continually submits
to good judgment; an energy that will
not rest short of achievement-these
bring success in agriculture, in manu-
featuring, or in commerce.
Too many men are dissatisfied with
their occupation when they should be
dissatisfied with themselves. Not the
farm but the farmer is at fault. Farm
work is not mean work, unless meanly
done. If rightly done, it is as much
brain work as manufacturing or trad
ing. If the farmer is dissatisfied with
his work because il is of a low grade
he convicts himself of being a low
grade farmer. Farming is hard work,
but then it is healthful work. 1t tires,
but it brings good appetite and sound
,slumber The farmer is not crowded
in foul factory or confined in a small
office. And if the work is hard, what
of that? Who mas found easy work
that is we'll paid forP Labor-saving
inventions have made teamwork much
easier for the muscles thanit was thirty
years ago. If it taxes a man too much
now it is because he is behind the times
or lazy.
The man who, born and bred in the
country, desires to leave his farm and
go to the city, is to be pitied some
what, and likely, more to be despised.
He is to be pitied because he is foolish
enough to suppose that in the city he
would get the same pay for less work,
or more pay for the same work. The
city is crowded full of laborers. Even
those most skilled in city occupations
find it hard to get steady work at liv-
ing wages He has not the skill re-
quired in the city; he must be COM
mon laborer and among common la.
borers competition is to the death. On
the farm he has skill; in the city he
has notion the streets excepted. How
can he expect to receive more fol
labor without skill than for labor with
skillP If he engages in business in the
city he encounters competition a:
sharp, and against it he must contend
without the aid of special training
We are almost justified in calling i
sheer luck if he is successful, in com
petition with hundred that, though
trained in their business all their lives
must fail in nine case out of ten. AL
most every man who leaves the farm
and engages in business in the city
loses all he has. Better it is to hold fast
The farm is a certainty; the city prob
lematieal, save the well-nlgh certainty
of failure. 1t is poor policy to sacri
fee skill; better to hold fast to it,
n. StdhI, IN CoaHtrv GeRtlemGR
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-10-06
HOME. FARM AND GARDEN.
Sprinkle hellebore and water OF
rose bushes to kill insects.

Sprinkle hellebore and water on
rose bushes to kill insects.
The length of every field should be
from two to three times its width. The
saving in blowing, cultivating and
harvesting is obvious. Farm, Stock
and Home.
Irregular feeding will do more to
cause cows to dry off than any other
method, while the practice of it is ex-
travagant inducing waste and loss OF
time. Christian at Work.
To take grease out of velvet, pour
little turpentine over the spot, then
rub briskly with piece of dry flannel.
Hang the article in the air to remove
the smell. Mothers Magazine.
There is no way to prevent toads
getting into the well except to cement
over the earth around the well for a
circumference of six feet, and the
cover or top of the we'll should be close
and tight.
The present hot and dry season has
shown the advantage of a partial shade
for small fruit. Bushes and strawber-
ry vines in ravines or in places where
they had some shade have produced
very good crops.
"A mothers teachings and exam.
pie are the most powerful agents in in
fluencing life. How many II be-
lieves," if analysed, would be found,
"Mother taught me!'' Many times the
sentiment attributed to conscience is
the fruit of mothers watchfulness
and guiding. Rural NeU- Yorker.
Pork Cake. One pound of fat salt
pork chopped fine, one and one-halt
cups of boiling water poured over the
pork, two pounds of raisins, currants
and citron, two cups of sugar. eight
cups of flour, one tablespoonful Of
soda, and cloves and cinnamon to taste
Household.
-Raspberries are an important fruit
for every garden, and the ease with
which they are cultivated recommend
them to every gardener. A few bush
es of this fruit will supply the farmer
with most delicious berry Throughout
the summer season. The Farmer ant
Manufacturer.
Cream Carrots. Gut in halt-incl
bits one pint of carrots. Boil in jus
enough sailed water to keep from
burning; when tender add one pin
milk or cream, one tablespoonful corn
starch, butter the size of an egg, sal
and pepper to season. Simmer fiv
minutes and serve very hot.-BoSto,
Budget.
Sheep and lambs are often decep
tive to the eye. A short-legged, shor
bodied sheep is often heavier, and vii
produce more wool than one that look
to be twice as large. Great coarse
looking sheep are not desirable, and
one have them they should be couple
with small, thick-set, heavily-buil
rams. Troy Times.
! "A continuance very useful in col
!. ing up the wire fencing: A windlass
firmly attached in the hind end of tn
wagon, and when the wire to be woun
up is connected firmly with it. as it
, turned the wagon will be drawn O
|, rather backed along, winding the wiz
. very tightly upon the spindle. som
I, one will need be on the ground t
guide the shafts in order that the wae
on may be kept in the right line.-A
, y. Ledger.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-10-06
REFINED COURTESY.
A Treasure Possessed Only by Highly
Bred and Cultivated Persons.

A Treasure Possessed Only by Highly
Bred and Cultivated Persons.
A refined courtesy of manner is one
of the works of highl Jbred and cul-
tivated person. 1t is the outcome of a
kindly heart and considerable feelings,
but it is also something more than this.
1t is the ease of conscious dignity-an
expression of an intellect sure of its
own position, and standing without
need of self-asscrtion or conceit.
1t has in it the element of endurance,
for none but those to whom the minor
troubles of life are trifles indeed can be
courteous under the mosquitoes bites
of physical and mental annoyances,
without outward'y being ruffled and
disturbed. 1t implies the most per-
feet self-control lest one be thrown
from his equipoise by sudden and I'M
looked-for surprises.
And it is in its most perfect form the
exotic flower of the highest civiliza-
ton, which it has taken generations OF
wealth and stirling virtue to produce.
1t can not be counterfeited nor repro
duced except by inherited growth, or by
graftingon wild stock of firm and ,ig-
orous fiber. But once started in its
cultivation it will repay the most gen
erous outlay of time and rich feeding,
helpful alike to both owner and be-
holder. Christian at Work.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-10-06
A MATHEMATICAL WASP.
How It Succeeded In Disposing Of Large
White Bodied Spider.

How 1t Succeeded In Disposing Of n Large
White-Bodied Spider.
While sitting one summer day at the
side of the house on platform which
served as plaza, but was rooted only by
the branches of two large trees, something
dropped upon my head and rolled into my
lap, when saw large white-bodied spi-
der in the clutches of small wasp, writes
q correspondent of the OiCI Hastily
brushing these unceremonious visitors on
TO the floor, / watched to see If the wasp
would succeed in flying away with his
huge enemy.
After struggle the spider lay quiet,
and the wasp ran around Selling first one
part; then another, but finally went away,
as supposed, for help. In about d quart.
er of an hour he returned, still alone, and
began trying again, as thought, to find
some place by which he could seize the
round body and carry 1t away! Again he
departed without his spider.
This time watched him and saw him
disappear at the edge of the lawn under q
pear tree, and, following, found him, after
some searching, diligently at work with
another wasp charging d hole in the
ground, having already thrown out quite
little mound of earth.
Ireturned to the piazza, and soon, when
the wasp came back, was convinced, by
more careful watching, that he was meas
uring each part of the spiders body in
stead of trying to get hold of 1t. The ar
tenn@ seemed to be the organs mostly EN-
ployed in this operation. When he wen
home again I was before him, and saw
him meet his co-worker, put his head clos'
to his, and evidently inform him that tn
doorway was not yet big enough, for they
fell busily at work enlarging it.
Then more measuring, more digging
until after three long hours he returned
this time with his friend, and they carried
away their prey and bestowed it in thei
underground home.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-10-06
WHEN OLD JACK DIED.


"hen oid Jack died, we staid from school
(they said.
Az home, we needn't go that day). and none
vi us ate any breakfast-only one,
AM ana That was papa-and his eyes were red
"heh ne came round where we were, by the
shed y '0
where Jack was lying half way in the sun
Ana half way In the shade When we begun
10 cry out loud, pa turned and dropped his
head
And went away; and mamma, she went back
into the kitchen Then, for long while.
An TO ourselves like, we stood there and
cried
we thought so many good things Of Old Jack,
anu iunny things - although we didn't
smile,
We couldn't only cry when Old Jack died.
When Old Jack died, 1t seemed human friend
Had suddenly gone from u.s. that some face
Ihat we had loved to fondle and embrace,
From babyhood no more would condescend
10 smile on us forever. We might bend
With fearful eyes above him, interlace
our chubby fingers DER him, romp and race,
Plead with him, call and coax-aye, we might
send
The old halloo up for him, whistle, hist,
Ql sobs had let us) or, as wildly vain,
Snapped thumbs, called speak and he
nau not replied;
We might have gone down on our knees and
kissed
The tousled ears, and yet they must re-
main
Deaf, motionless, we knew-when Old
Jack died.
When Old Jack died, it seemed to US, some
way,
That all the other dogs in town were panied
With our bereavement and some that were
chained,
Even, unslipped their collars on that day
10 visit Jack in state, as though to pay
last, sad tribute there, while neighbor.
craned
Their heads above the high board fence, ant
deigned
TO sigh Poor dogr' remembering how they
HAD cufed him, when alive, perchance, be
cause,
For love of them he leaped to lick thei
hands
Now, that he could not, were they salts
fed?
We children thought that, as we crossed his
paws,
And DER his grave, way down the bottom
lands,
Wrote "Our First Love Lies Here
when Old Jack died.
--Jdnes Whtcomb Riley, in Indianapolis Jouy
nal.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-10-06

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